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Crush Claw ブレイククロー Break Claw
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Target
Foe
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Foe
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Foe
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Self
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Ally
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Ally
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May affect anyone adjacent to the user
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Availability
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Crush Claw (Japanese: ブレイククロー Break Claw) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Zangoose.
Effect
Crush Claw inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.
Description
Games
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Description
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RSE
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Tears at the foe with sharp claws. May lower Defense.
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FRLG
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The foe is attacked with sharp claws. It may also lower the foe’s Defense.
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Slices target with sharp claws. May lower Defense.
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The user slashes the foe with hard and sharp claws. It may also lower the target’s Defense.
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The user slashes the target with hard and sharp claws. It may also lower the target's Defense.
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The user slashes the target with hard and sharp claws. This may also lower the target's Defense.
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Learnset
Special move
In the anime
Zangoose's claw glowing
Eelektross
Turtwig stopping Zangoose's Crush Claw
Nicholai's Zangoose
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The user's claw starts glowing. It then crushes its claw down on the opponent.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Used In
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Notes
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Zangoose's claw glows blue-white. It then smashes its claw down onto its opponent, or Zangoose's claws glow blueish-white with white sparks surrounding it and it hits the opponent with it.
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Nicholai's Zangoose
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ZigZag Zangoose!
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Debut
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A Black Belt's Zangoose
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Glory Blaze!
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None
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Eelektross's claws glow blue. It then smashes its claws down onto its opponent.
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Kendrick's Eelektross
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Curtain Up, Unova League!
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None
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
In other generations
In other languages